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Madurai is often associated with its grand temples and Koodal Alagar temple is no exception. Koodal is often believed to be another name for Madurai and 'alagar' in Tamil translates as beautiful. A temple dedicated to the city of Madurai itself, it upholds the beauty that abounds.

The central deity of this temple is Vishnu, who is believed to have resided here. It thus one of the 108 divyadesams (or holy abodes) of the deity and hence sees a large number of devotees offer their prayers here. Like most temples here, the vimana over the main shrine has beautiful scenes intricately carved over it in different, colourful shades. The temple is built in three levels, which each level flauting a different pose of Lord Vishnu. The first level as Lord Vishnu as Alagar (in a seated position), the second has him in his reclining avatar as Shri Ranganatha and the top most level has him stading as Sri Surya Narayana Perumal.

Lord Vishnu is believed to be the brother of Meenakshi Amman, and just a procession of his idol is carried out in a chariot during the month of April/May, where it joins the Chitra Festival and the marriage of Meenakshi to Sundareshwar.

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The koodal azhagar temple is comprised with different beliefs, the speciality of the temple lord vishnu is in three poses; sitting, standing and reclining, this is an attractive things for me. There is navagraha enclosure in this temple where people
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It's always good to know before visiting koodal azhagar temple whether it is open or closed on a particular day, and what the opening timings of koodal azhagar temple are and whether it is open in the morning, afternoon, evening or night. The most important thing to know is that koodal azhagar temple is closed on . On the other hand, koodal azhagar temple remains open for visits on the following open days of the week - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun and the entrance timings and opening hours on these days are from 05:00 AM - 12:30 PM, 04:00 PM - 10:00 PM and then from . Apart from the closing days mentioned above, most places are closed on national holidays and important local holidays, so it is best to check with locals or at the point of interest to confirm whether it is open on such days. Also the timings in winter and timings in summer for koodal azhagar temple may differ, so it is best to keep visiting this page again to find out the most latest and accurate koodal azhagar temple visit opening hours. It is a part of mostly all madurai tour packages and is a great place to visit in madurai to witness the evolution of koodal azhagar temple over the decades.